The flowers on the other side of the road

Chapter six

I walk towards the lounge room and take a seat on the chair. Monica brings me a glass of water and a biscuit she says to me "eat and drink as what you are about to hear may astonish you". I eat my biscuit faster then I normally do and skull my water. In my mind I am so scared for what I am about to here, but I stay calm on the outside so Monica doesn't get worried.

Monica takes a seat and holds my hand. I jerk away and I feel bad but I don't even know this lady so I have a right to. She looks me in the eye and trembles while she says this "your mum... Is at the hospital unconscious and there is a chance she may not be alive".

Tears start forming in my eyes but I hold it back, I say to Monica why is she at the hospital, how did this happen, please tell me. Monica replies saying "your mum is at the hospital because she had a car accident and as she has been drinking a lot of alcohol it has made a bigger impact on the situation. This happened at about 1:30-1:40 and as it was raining and your mum had tried to do a u-turn and ended up smashing her car into a light pole and it managed to force her into the car and your mum ended up unconscious".

This situation is really confusing me, mum never drinks or never drunk alcohol after what happened with dad. I tell Monica that I am going to go to my room to get this situation through my head. I lied but still it was for a good reason. Before I leave to 'cool down' I tell Monica that she can go to the bathroom and have a shower because it seemed like she had a very busy day and I didn't want her seeing what I was doing. I go get a towel for her and lead her to the shower and then I shut the door and sprint to the kitchen. I look in every

single cupboard for any alcohol but there was nothing. I run to her room look in every draw every nook and cranny but yet there was still nothing. I yell out to Monica that I am going to go get some fresh air outside, I tell her specifically I am going out the back. I walk outside and search the bins there lies so many glass bottles of beer, wine, vodka and a lot more. I look behind the bin and there is 7 bags filled with 3 bottles of alcohol in each. I stand there shocked that my mum would do this, the main thought running in my head is why would she do this?

I walk back inside and there is Monica brushing through her hair with her fingers, I ask her if she wanted a brush but she said no, she feels that she should be doing things with me not me doing things for her. Monica asks me if I would like to go to the hospital to visit mum but I say no. She asks me why, and I reply saying, me and my mum never communicated, we lived separate lives, she never cared about me, and she obviously didn't have trust in me to tell me that she started drinking and not telling me why. Monica says to me "although she may never have trusted you or communicated with you or never cared about you doesn't mean that she isn't your mum. She always have and always will love you but it's your decision." I sit there for ages thinking about what I should do and I finally say I'd rather not go, I need to cool down and get this though my head.

Monica says that she is going to make dinner she goes into the kitchen and has a look at what is available, no food hardly any drink and dirty rap water. Monica says to me "would you like some pizza for dinner". I have never heard of pizza before but I like trying new things so I said yes. I go to my room and sit down to finish reading my book. I say to myself "wow what a crazy day it is definitely not like my other days.